sábado, 7 de septiembre de 2013

Games! Steam in Mageia 3

Although I'm not a gamer, I decided to check Steam on Mageia 3. I installed the Steam client and open an account when the distro was released, but the software would crash whenever I attempted to see the description of a game. As it was a beta client, I never thought about using it until today.

After an update of the software, I discovered today that Steam did not crash any longer, so I decided to carry out a gaming experiment: I wanted to purchase one of the Linux games to see the playability factor on my desktop computer.

I found a cheap game that seemed fun: "Snuggle Truck," a little side scroller in which you drive a truck as fast as you can to a zoo, trying not to drop any animals as you go. The game was $5, so I chose it.

The game in the Steam library (on Mageia 3 x64)

The buying process was simple and fast. The installation of the game was automatic. What was left was playing it.

The game started fine, cartoonish music playing an all. I liked the graphic quality and the responsiveness of the game. Driving the truck was fun, too. I am not a good player, but that is not the point.

These are some screen shots of my poor performance in the game's tutorial:

I must say that the experiment was successful; I'm happy with the
service (and the game, of course!). My daughter will love playing "SnuggleTruck".